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What is the best spot in the microwave?

Mike Simons, director of the National Electronics Museum in Baltimore, demonstrates how heat energy moves in a microwave.

There are dozens of things that you use every day that you probably don't understand as much as you could. A microwave is one of these things. We all have theories about what the best spot in the microwave is.... but are you really qualified to make a professional statement on it?

Luckily for you, I visited the National Electronics Museum and got a first hand explanation of how I've been doing it wrong all these years!Check out the video below to see what Mr. Simons has to say.

Those bulbs aren't LEDs by the way, they are normal tungsten filament bulbs. They're acting as antennas and being excited by the RF energy put out by the microwave. If you learned something, please consider clicking here to subscribe to Smarter Every Day.